Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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church calendar | Yes | No | No | No |
New Style calendar | Yes | No | No | No |
church calendar (noun) | New Style calendar (noun) |
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a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals | the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752 |